Some people think it is more important to spend money on roads and motorways than on public transport systems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Agree or disagree.

It is commonly believed by many individuals that governments should invest more amount in building roadways than public

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. I completely disagree with

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view because spending more on roads would lead to traffic congestion and using these roads would adversely affect the environment. The primary problem associated with using roads

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of the public system is the increased traffic.

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is because increased individual

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systems

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as cars or bikes would take up more space on the roads and

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it would lengthen the total duration of the journey.

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, in a city like Bangalore, where there are two cars per family, traffic-congestion is becoming an unresolvable issue due to city's highway planning.

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, because spending large sum on building roads would encourage to use more vehicles, governments should allocate budget for more important public

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.

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, motorways would discourage the use of mass transit, resulting in a sharp increase in

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. If working professionals, which is a major chunk of travellers, use buses or trains for their daily commute, the fuel usage will reduce significantly.

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will gradually resolve the issue of air

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. Using subways would

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help decrease the noise

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since there are virtually no horns required during a subway journey. To illustrate, Amsterdam's early investments in bringing about a change in their public

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have massively reduced its carbon footprint.

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, in order to reduce

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, it is essential to build better transit systems than motorways. To sum up, many individuals argue that a significant portion of the government budget should be allocated for building highways

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of advancing mass commute. In my opinion,

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has more downsides than upsides because of the congestion problems and its impact on the global ecosystem.